Image based valuation system

ABSTRACT

An image based valuation system to perform operations that include: causing display of image data at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of an object that comprises a set of object features; detecting the object based on the depiction of the object within the image data, the object corresponding with an object class; identifying the set of object features that correspond with the object; accessing a repository that corresponds with the object class, the repository comprising at least an indication of a valuation of the object based on the set of object features; and causing display of a presentation of the valuation at the client device.

BACKGROUND

A currency converter is software code that is designed to convert onecurrency into another in order to check its corresponding value. Thecode is generally a part of a web site or it forms a mobile app and itis based on current market or bank exchange rates. Traditionally, inorder to convert one currency into another, a user must enter an amountof money (e.g. ‘700’) and chooses the currency he/she wishes to checkthe monetary value of (e.g. ‘United States Dollar’). After that, theuser selects one, or sometimes several other currencies, he/she wouldlike to see the result in. The application software then calculates anddisplays the corresponding amount of money.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

In the drawings, which are not necessarily drawn to scale, like numeralsmay describe similar components in different views. To easily identifythe discussion of any particular element or act, the most significantdigit or digits in a reference number refer to the figure number inwhich that element is first introduced. Some embodiments are illustratedby way of example, and not limitation, in the figures of theaccompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic representation of a networked environment inwhich the present disclosure may be deployed, in accordance with someexamples.

FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic representation of a messaging system, inaccordance with some examples, that has both client-side and server-sidefunctionality.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart depicting a method 300 for presenting valuationinformation, in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart depicting a method 400 for presenting valuationinformation, in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an interface flow diagram, in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 6 is an interface flow diagram, in accordance with one embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic representation of a machine in the form of acomputer system within which a set of instructions may be executed forcausing the machine to perform any one or more of the methodologiesdiscussed herein, in accordance with some examples.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a software architecture within whichexamples may be implemented.

FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic representation of a processing environment, inaccordance with some examples.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

As discussed above, a currency converter is software code that isdesigned to convert one currency into another in order to check itscorresponding value. Traditional currency converters require a userprovide a number of explicit inputs to define amounts, and which specifya type of currency to convert between. While such systems are effective,the traditional methods require a great deal of user involvement, andmay therefor be prone to errors. Furthermore, a user may not immediatelybe able to identify the type of currency they are attempting to convert.Accordingly, a system which provides a more seamless and streamlinedconversion process would provide an improvement over current systems.

According to certain embodiments, an image based valuation system isconfigured to perform operations that include: causing display of imagedata at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of anobject that comprises a set of object features; detecting the objectbased on the depiction of the object within the image data, the objectcorresponding with an object class; identifying the set of objectfeatures that correspond with the object; accessing a repository thatcorresponds with the object class, the repository comprising at least anindication of a valuation of the object based on the set of objectfeatures; and causing display of a presentation of the valuation at theclient device.

In some embodiments, detecting the object within the image data mayfurther comprise receiving an input that selects the depiction of theobject from the client device. For example, the input may include atactile input that selects a display of the object from within agraphical user interface (GUI) presented at the client device.Responsive to receiving the input that selects the display of the of theobject, the image based valuation system may apply computer vision upona portion of the image data that corresponds with the depiction of theobject.

In some embodiments, the image based valuation system may performcomputer vision upon a region of the image data identified by the input.For example, the input may comprise input properties that include aninput pressure and an input duration. Upon determining that one or moreof the input properties transgress a threshold value, the image basedvaluation system may perform computer vision upon the portion of theimage data identified by the input. As an illustrative example, a usermay provide a tactile input upon a display of a client device, whereinthe tactile input is at a position that corresponds with the display ofthe object. Upon receiving the input, the valuation system may performcomputer vision upon a portion of the image data that corresponds withthe position of the input in order to identify the object.

In some embodiments, the object depicted by the image data may include acurrency, wherein the currency corresponds with one or more countries.Accordingly, responsive to detecting the currency, the valuation systemmay access a user profile associated with the client device in order toidentify one or more locations (i.e., a current location of the clientdevice, a place of residence associated with the user profile). Thevaluation system may then determine a value associated with the detectedcurrency, and present converted values based on the one or morelocations associated with the client device.

In some embodiments, the object depicted by the image data may include acollectible item, such as a trading card or comic book, wherein thecollectible item may have attributes that may indicate a condition ofthe collectible item, or a variant of the collectible item. Responsiveto detecting the collectible item, the valuation system may access arepository to identify a valuation scale that corresponds with thecollectible item based on the attributes.

Networked Computing Environment

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example messaging system 100 forexchanging data (e.g., messages and associated content) over a network.The messaging system 100 includes multiple instances of a client device106, each of which hosts a number of applications, including a messagingclient 108. Each messaging client 108 is communicatively coupled toother instances of the messaging client 108 and a messaging serversystem 104 via a network 102 (e.g., the internet).

A messaging client 108 is able to communicate and exchange data withanother messaging client 108 and with the messaging server system 104via the network 102. The data exchanged between messaging client 108,and between a messaging client 108 and the messaging server system 104,includes functions (e.g., commands to invoke functions) as well aspayload data (e.g., text, audio, video or other multimedia data).

The messaging server system 104 provides server-side functionality viathe network 102 to a particular messaging client 108. While certainfunctions of the messaging system 100 are described herein as beingperformed by either a messaging client 108 or by the messaging serversystem 104, the location of certain functionality either within themessaging client 108 or the messaging server system 104 may be a designchoice. For example, it may be technically preferable to initiallydeploy certain technology and functionality within the messaging serversystem 104 but to later migrate this technology and functionality to themessaging client 108 where a client device 106 has sufficient processingcapacity.

The messaging server system 104 supports various services and operationsthat are provided to the messaging client 108. Such operations includetransmitting data to, receiving data from, and processing data generatedby the messaging client 108. This data may include message content,client device information, geolocation information, media augmentationand overlays, message content persistence conditions, social networkinformation, and live event information, as examples. Data exchangeswithin the messaging system 100 are invoked and controlled throughfunctions available via user interfaces (UIs) of the messaging client108.

Turning now specifically to the messaging server system 104, anApplication Program Interface (API) server 112 is coupled to, andprovides a programmatic interface to, application servers 110. Theapplication servers 110 are communicatively coupled to a database server116, which facilitates access to a database 122 that stores dataassociated with messages processed by the application servers 110.Similarly, a web server 124 is coupled to the application servers 110,and provides web-based interfaces to the application servers 110. Tothis end, the web server 124 processes incoming network requests overthe Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) and several other relatedprotocols. In certain embodiments, the database 122 may include adecentralized database.

The Application Program Interface (API) server 112 receives andtransmits message data (e.g., commands and message payloads) between theclient device 106 and the application servers 110. Specifically, theApplication Program Interface (API) server 112 provides a set ofinterfaces (e.g., routines and protocols) that can be called or queriedby the messaging client 108 in order to invoke functionality of theapplication servers 110. The Application Program Interface (API) server112 exposes various functions supported by the application servers 110,including account registration, login functionality, the sending ofmessages, via the application servers 110, from a particular messagingclient 108 to another messaging client 108, the sending of media files(e.g., images or video) from a messaging client 108 to a messagingserver 114, and for possible access by another messaging client 108, thesettings of a collection of media data (e.g., story), the retrieval of alist of friends of a user of a client device 106, the retrieval of suchcollections, the retrieval of messages and content, the addition anddeletion of entities (e.g., friends) to an entity graph (e.g., a socialgraph), the location of friends within a social graph, and opening anapplication event (e.g., relating to the messaging client 108).

The application servers 110 host a number of server applications andsubsystems, including for example a messaging server 114, an imageprocessing server 118, and a social network server 120. The messagingserver 114 implements a number of message processing technologies andfunctions, particularly related to the aggregation and other processingof content (e.g., textual and multimedia content) included in messagesreceived from multiple instances of the messaging client 108. As will bedescribed in further detail, the text and media content from multiplesources may be aggregated into collections of content (e.g., calledstories or galleries). These collections are then made available to themessaging client 108. Other processor and memory intensive processing ofdata may also be performed server-side by the messaging server 114, inview of the hardware requirements for such processing.

The application servers 110 also include an image processing server 118that is dedicated to performing various image processing operations,typically with respect to images or video within the payload of amessage sent from or received at the messaging server 114.

The social network server 120 supports various social networkingfunctions and services and makes these functions and services availableto the messaging server 114. Examples of functions and servicessupported by the social network server 120 include the identification ofother users of the messaging system 100 with which a particular user hasrelationships or is “following,” and also the identification of otherentities and interests of a particular user.

System Architecture

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating further details regarding themessaging system 100, according to some examples. Specifically, themessaging system 100 is shown to comprise the messaging client 108 andthe application servers 110. The messaging system 100 embodies a numberof subsystems, which are supported on the client-side by the messagingclient 108 and on the sever-side by the application servers 110. Thesesubsystems include, for example, an ephemeral timer system 202, acollection management system 204, an augmentation system 206, a mapsystem 210, a game system 212, and a valuation system 214.

The ephemeral timer system 202 is responsible for enforcing thetemporary or time-limited access to content by the messaging client 108and the messaging server 114. The ephemeral timer system 202incorporates a number of timers that, based on duration and displayparameters associated with a message, or collection of messages (e.g., astory), selectively enable access (e.g., for presentation and display)to messages and associated content via the messaging client 108. Furtherdetails regarding the operation of the ephemeral timer system 202 areprovided below.

The collection management system 204 is responsible for managing sets orcollections of media (e.g., collections of text, image video, and audiodata). A collection of content (e.g., messages, including images, video,text, and audio) may be organized into an “event gallery” or an “eventstory.” Such a collection may be made available for a specified timeperiod, such as the duration of an event to which the content relates.For example, content relating to a music concert may be made availableas a “story” for the duration of that music concert. The collectionmanagement system 204 may also be responsible for publishing an iconthat provides notification of the existence of a particular collectionto the user interface of the messaging client 108.

The collection management system 204 furthermore includes a curationinterface 208 that allows a collection manager to manage and curate aparticular collection of content. For example, the curation interface208 enables an event organizer to curate a collection of contentrelating to a specific event (e.g., delete inappropriate content orredundant messages). Additionally, the collection management system 204employs machine vision (or image recognition technology) and contentrules to automatically curate a content collection. In certain examples,compensation may be paid to a user for the inclusion of user-generatedcontent into a collection. In such cases, the collection managementsystem 204 operates to automatically make payments to such users for theuse of their content.

The augmentation system 206 provides various functions that enable auser to augment (e.g., annotate or otherwise modify or edit) mediacontent associated with a message. For example, the augmentation system206 provides functions related to the generation and publishing of mediaoverlays for messages processed by the messaging system 100. Theaugmentation system 206 operatively supplies a media overlay oraugmentation (e.g., an image filter) to the messaging client 108 basedon a geolocation of the client device 106. In another example, theaugmentation system 206 operatively supplies a media overlay to themessaging client 108 based on other information, such as social networkinformation of the user of the client device 106. A media overlay mayinclude audio and visual content and visual effects. Examples of audioand visual content include pictures, texts, logos, animations, and soundeffects. An example of a visual effect includes color overlaying. Theaudio and visual content or the visual effects can be applied to a mediacontent item (e.g., a photo) at the client device 106. For example, themedia overlay may include text or image that can be overlaid on top of aphotograph taken by the client device 106. In another example, the mediaoverlay includes an identification of a location overlay (e.g., Venicebeach), a name of a live event, or a name of a merchant overlay (e.g.,Beach Coffee House). In another example, the augmentation system 206uses the geolocation of the client device 106 to identify a mediaoverlay that includes the name of a merchant at the geolocation of theclient device 106. The media overlay may include other indiciaassociated with the merchant. The media overlays may be stored in thedatabase 122 and accessed through the database server 116.

In some examples, the augmentation system 206 provides a user-basedpublication platform that enables users to select a geolocation on a mapand upload content associated with the selected geolocation. The usermay also specify circumstances under which a particular media overlayshould be offered to other users. The augmentation system 206 generatesa media overlay that includes the uploaded content and associates theuploaded content with the selected geolocation.

In other examples, the augmentation system 206 provides a merchant-basedpublication platform that enables merchants to select a particular mediaoverlay associated with a geolocation via a bidding process. Forexample, the augmentation system 206 associates the media overlay of thehighest bidding merchant with a corresponding geolocation for apredefined amount of time.

The map system 210 provides various geographic location functions, andsupports the presentation of map-based media content and messages by themessaging client 108. For example, the map system 210 enables thedisplay of user icons or avatars on a map to indicate a current or pastlocation of “friends” of a user, as well as media content (e.g.,collections of messages including photographs and videos) generated bysuch friends, within the context of a map. For example, a message postedby a user to the messaging system 100 from a specific geographiclocation may be displayed within the context of a map at that particularlocation to “friends” of a specific user on a map interface of themessaging client 108. A user can furthermore share his or her locationand status information (e.g., using an appropriate status avatar) withother users of the messaging system 100 via the messaging client 108,with this location and status information being similarly displayedwithin the context of a map interface of the messaging client 108 toselected users.

The game system 212 provides various gaming functions within the contextof the messaging client 108. The messaging client 108 provides a gameinterface providing a list of available games that can be launched by auser within the context of the messaging client 108, and played withother users of the messaging system 100. The messaging system 100further enables a particular user to invite other users to participatein the play of a specific game, by issuing invitations to such otherusers from the messaging client 108. The messaging client 108 alsosupports both the voice and text messaging (e.g., chats) within thecontext of gameplay, provides a leaderboard for the games, and alsosupports the provision of in-game rewards (e.g., coins and items).

The valuation system 214 provides functions that may include: causingdisplay of image data at a client device, the image data comprising adepiction of an object that comprises a set of object features;detecting the object based on the depiction of the object within theimage data, the object corresponding with an object class; identifyingthe set of object features that correspond with the object; accessing arepository that corresponds with the object class, the repositorycomprising at least an indication of a valuation of the object based onthe set of object features; and causing display of a presentation of thevaluation at the client device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a valuation system 214in performing a method 300 for presenting a valuation, in accordancewith one embodiment. Operations of the method 300 may be performed byone or more subsystems of the messaging system 100 described above withrespect to FIG. 2 , such as the valuation system 214. As shown in FIG. 3, the method 300 includes one or more operations 302, 304, 306, 308, and310.

At operation 302, a client device 106 presents a display of image datawithin a GUI, wherein the image data comprises a depiction of an objectthat comprises a set of object features. For example, a user of theclient device 106 may provide an input to select an image from among aplurality of images, wherein the image comprises image data to bepresented at the client device 106, or in some embodiments, may activatea camera associated with the client device 106 to display image datagenerated by the camera at the client device 106.

At operation 304, the valuation system 214 detects the object based onthe depiction of the object within the image data. For example, in someembodiments the valuation system 214 may apply one or more computervision techniques to identify the object based on object featurescorresponding with the object. In further embodiments, the valuationsystem 214 may identify the object based on a scannable coded image,such as a bar-code or QR code associated with the object.

At operation 306, the valuation system 214 identifiers a set of objectfeatures that correspond with the object, based on the image data. Basedon the set of object features, at operation 308 the valuation system 214accesses a repository that corresponds with an object class which isidentified based on the set of object features. The repository may forexample include an indication of a valuation of the object based on theset of object features.

At operation 310, the valuation system 214 causes display of apresentation of the valuation at the client device 106. In someembodiments, the presentation of the valuation may include a display ofone or more attributes associated with the object. For example,interface 504 of FIG. 5 provides an illustrative example of apresentation of a valuation 508.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating operations of a valuation system 214in performing a method 400 for presenting a valuation, in accordancewith one embodiment. Operations of the method 400 may be performed byone or more subsystems of the messaging system 100 described above withrespect to FIG. 2 , such as the valuation system 214. As shown in FIG. 4, the method 400 includes one or more operations 402, 404, and 406.

At operation 402, a user of the client device 106 provides an input thatselects a depiction of the object at the client device 106. For example,as seen in FIG. 5 , a user of the client device 106 may provide atactile input upon the interface 502, wherein the tactile inputcomprises a selection of a depiction of the object 506.

Responsive to the input that selects the display of the object from theclient device 106, at operation 404, the valuation system 214 performscomputer vision upon a portion of the image data that includes thedepiction of the object. Based on the computer vision, at operation 406,the valuation system 214 detects the object and determines an objectclass that corresponds with the object.

FIG. 5 is an interface flow diagram 500 depicting interfaces presentedby a valuation system 214, in accordance with one embodiment.

As seen in interface 502, and as discussed in operation 302 of themethod 300, a client device 106 presents a display of image data withina GUI, wherein the image data comprises a depiction of an object 506that comprises a set of object features. Accordingly, as described inoperation 402 of the method 400, a user may provide a tactile input toselect the depiction of the object 506.

In some example embodiments, responsive to detecting the depiction ofthe object 506 within the interface 502, the valuation system 214 maypresent a menu element 512, wherein the menu element 512 provides anindication of a scan result that corresponds with the depiction of theobject 506. For example, the scan result may include one or more of adisplay of valuation information, as well as media content from a mediarepository that may be associated or related to the object. In someembodiments, a user may provide an input that selects the menu element512 in order to cause display of a valuation menu 508, as depicted inthe interface 504.

As seen in interface 504, a valuation menu 508 may be presented at theclient device 106, wherein the valuation menu 508 includes a display ofvaluation data 514. In the context of currency (as seen in FIG. 5 ), thevaluation data 514 may include a display of various conversion ratesthat correspond with the object 506. For example, the valuation data 514may include a display of a valuation associated with the object 506(i.e., 20 Canadian dollars), as well as corresponding conversion ratesbased on user profile data associated with a user of the client device106. For example, the user profile data associated with the user of theclient device 106 may provide an indication of one or more locations ofinterest (i.e., USA, Europe, UK, Japan). Accordingly, the valuationsystem 214 may present conversion rates associated with currency fromeach of the one or more locations of interest within the valuation menu508 (i.e., $16.12, €13.60, £11.70, ¥1798.60).

In some embodiments, the valuation menu 508 may include an icon 510,wherein selection of the icon 510 may cause the valuation system 214 toaccess and display additional information related to the object 506. Forexample, in some embodiments the valuation system 214 may access arepository that comprises additional information related to one or moreobject classes, or wherein the repository may include one or moreuniform resource locator (URL) related to objects such as the object506. Accordingly, responsive to receiving an input that selects the icon510, the valuation system may display the information at the clientdevice 106.

FIG. 6 is an interface flow diagram 600 depicting interfaces presentedby a valuation system 214, in accordance with one embodiment.

As seen in the interface 602, and as discussed in the method 300depicted in FOG. 3, a user may display image data that depicts an object608 at a client device 106. Responsive to detecting the display of theobject 608, the valuation system 214 may present valuation informationrelated to the object 608 within a valuation menu 610. For example, asseen in interface 604, the valuation information presented in thevaluation menu 610 may include an indication of a current market priceassociated with the object 608.

In some embodiments, to determine the valuation information, thevaluation system 214 may access a database 122 that corresponds with anobject class associated with the object 608, wherein the database 122may include a third party database. Accordingly, the database 122 maycomprise a repository that includes valuation information related to theobject 608 that the valuation system 214 may present within thevaluation menu 610. As seen in the valuation menu 610 depicted in theinterface 604, the valuation information may include a display ofvaluation information relative to various attributes associated with theobject 608. For example, as seen in the interface 604, the valuationinformation may be presented as a scale (i.e., Ungraded: $2.00, NearMint (NM): $95.00, PSA10: $139.99).

In some embodiments, the valuation menu 610 may include an icon 612,wherein selection of the icon 612 may cause the valuation system 214 toaccess additional information related to the object 608. The valuationsystem 214 may access a database 122, wherein the database 122 comprisesvaluation information related to the object 608 depicted within imagedata. For example, the database 122 may correspond with an object classassociated with the object 608. Accordingly, responsive to receiving theinput that selects the icon 612, the valuation system 214 may access thedatabase 122, wherein the database 122 corresponds with an object classof the object 608, and comprises valuation information related to theobject 608.

Responsive to receiving an input that selects the icon 612, thevaluation system 214 may present the interface 606, wherein theinterface 606 includes a display of additional information 614 from thedatabase 122.

Machine Architecture

FIG. 7 is a diagrammatic representation of the machine 700 within whichinstructions 710 (e.g., software, a program, an application, an applet,an app, or other executable code) for causing the machine 700 to performany one or more of the methodologies discussed herein may be executed.For example, the instructions 710 may cause the machine 700 to executeany one or more of the methods described herein. The instructions 710transform the general, non-programmed machine 700 into a particularmachine 700 programmed to carry out the described and illustratedfunctions in the manner described. The machine 700 may operate as astandalone device or may be coupled (e.g., networked) to other machines.In a networked deployment, the machine 700 may operate in the capacityof a server machine or a client machine in a server-client networkenvironment, or as a peer machine in a peer-to-peer (or distributed)network environment. The machine 700 may comprise, but not be limitedto, a server computer, a client computer, a personal computer (PC), atablet computer, a laptop computer, a netbook, a set-top box (STB), apersonal digital assistant (PDA), an entertainment media system, acellular telephone, a smartphone, a mobile device, a wearable device(e.g., a smartwatch), a smart home device (e.g., a smart appliance),other smart devices, a web appliance, a network router, a networkswitch, a network bridge, or any machine capable of executing theinstructions 710, sequentially or otherwise, that specify actions to betaken by the machine 700. Further, while only a single machine 700 isillustrated, the term “machine” shall also be taken to include acollection of machines that individually or jointly execute theinstructions 710 to perform any one or more of the methodologiesdiscussed herein. The machine 700, for example, may comprise the clientdevice 106 or any one of a number of server devices forming part of themessaging server system 104. In some examples, the machine 700 may alsocomprise both client and server systems, with certain operations of aparticular method or algorithm being performed on the server-side andwith certain operations of the particular method or algorithm beingperformed on the client-side.

The machine 700 may include processors 704, memory 706, and input/outputI/O components 638, which may be configured to communicate with eachother via a bus 740. In an example, the processors 704 (e.g., a CentralProcessing Unit (CPU), a Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC)Processor, a Complex Instruction Set Computing (CISC) Processor, aGraphics Processing Unit (GPU), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), anApplication Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Radio-FrequencyIntegrated Circuit (RFIC), another processor, or any suitablecombination thereof) may include, for example, a processor 708 and aprocessor 712 that execute the instructions 710. The term “processor” isintended to include multi-core processors that may comprise two or moreindependent processors (sometimes referred to as “cores”) that mayexecute instructions contemporaneously. Although FIG. 7 shows multipleprocessors 704, the machine 700 may include a single processor with asingle-core, a single processor with multiple cores (e.g., a multi-coreprocessor), multiple processors with a single core, multiple processorswith multiples cores, or any combination thereof.

The memory 706 includes a main memory 714, a static memory 716, and astorage unit 718, both accessible to the processors 704 via the bus 740.The main memory 706, the static memory 716, and storage unit 718 storethe instructions 710 embodying any one or more of the methodologies orfunctions described herein. The instructions 710 may also reside,completely or partially, within the main memory 714, within the staticmemory 716, within machine-readable medium 720 within the storage unit718, within at least one of the processors 704 (e.g., within theProcessor's cache memory), or any suitable combination thereof, duringexecution thereof by the machine 700.

The I/O components 702 may include a wide variety of components toreceive input, provide output, produce output, transmit information,exchange information, capture measurements, and so on. The specific I/Ocomponents 702 that are included in a particular machine will depend onthe type of machine. For example, portable machines such as mobilephones may include a touch input device or other such input mechanisms,while a headless server machine will likely not include such a touchinput device. It will be appreciated that the I/O components 702 mayinclude many other components that are not shown in FIG. 7 . In variousexamples, the I/O components 702 may include user output components 726and user input components 728. The user output components 726 mayinclude visual components (e.g., a display such as a plasma displaypanel (PDP), a light-emitting diode (LED) display, a liquid crystaldisplay (LCD), a projector, or a cathode ray tube (CRT)), acousticcomponents (e.g., speakers), haptic components (e.g., a vibratory motor,resistance mechanisms), other signal generators, and so forth. The userinput components 728 may include alphanumeric input components (e.g., akeyboard, a touch screen configured to receive alphanumeric input, aphoto-optical keyboard, or other alphanumeric input components),point-based input components (e.g., a mouse, a touchpad, a trackball, ajoystick, a motion sensor, or another pointing instrument), tactileinput components (e.g., a physical button, a touch screen that provideslocation and force of touches or touch gestures, or other tactile inputcomponents), audio input components (e.g., a microphone), and the like.

In further examples, the I/O components 702 may include biometriccomponents 730, motion components 732, environmental components 734, orposition components 736, among a wide array of other components. Forexample, the biometric components 730 include components to detectexpressions (e.g., hand expressions, facial expressions, vocalexpressions, body gestures, or eye-tracking), measure biosignals (e.g.,blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature, perspiration, or brainwaves), identify a person (e.g., voice identification, retinalidentification, facial identification, fingerprint identification, orelectroencephalogram-based identification), and the like. The motioncomponents 732 include acceleration sensor components (e.g.,accelerometer), gravitation sensor components, rotation sensorcomponents (e.g., gyroscope).

The environmental components 734 include, for example, one or cameras(with still image/photograph and video capabilities), illuminationsensor components (e.g., photometer), temperature sensor components(e.g., one or more thermometers that detect ambient temperature),humidity sensor components, pressure sensor components (e.g.,barometer), acoustic sensor components (e.g., one or more microphonesthat detect background noise), proximity sensor components (e.g.,infrared sensors that detect nearby objects), gas sensors (e.g., gasdetection sensors to detection concentrations of hazardous gases forsafety or to measure pollutants in the atmosphere), or other componentsthat may provide indications, measurements, or signals corresponding toa surrounding physical environment.

With respect to cameras, the client device 106 may have a camera systemcomprising, for example, front cameras on a front surface of the clientdevice 106 and rear cameras on a rear surface of the client device 106.The front cameras may, for example, be used to capture still images andvideo of a user of the client device 106 (e.g., “selfies”), which maythen be augmented with augmentation data (e.g., filters) describedabove. The rear cameras may, for example, be used to capture stillimages and videos in a more traditional camera mode, with these imagessimilarly being augmented with augmentation data. In addition to frontand rear cameras, the client device 106 may also include a 360° camerafor capturing 360° photographs and videos.

Further, the camera system of a client device 106 may include dual rearcameras (e.g., a primary camera as well as a depth-sensing camera), oreven triple, quad or penta rear camera configurations on the front andrear sides of the client device 106. These multiple cameras systems mayinclude a wide camera, an ultra-wide camera, a telephoto camera, a macrocamera and a depth sensor, for example.

The position components 736 include location sensor components (e.g., aGPS receiver component), altitude sensor components (e.g., altimeters orbarometers that detect air pressure from which altitude may be derived),orientation sensor components (e.g., magnetometers), and the like.

Communication may be implemented using a wide variety of technologies.The I/O components 702 further include communication components 738operable to couple the machine 700 to a network 722 or devices 724 viarespective coupling or connections. For example, the communicationcomponents 738 may include a network interface Component or anothersuitable device to interface with the network 722. In further examples,the communication components 738 may include wired communicationcomponents, wireless communication components, cellular communicationcomponents, Near Field Communication (NFC) components, Bluetooth®components (e.g., Bluetooth® Low Energy), Wi-Fi® components, and othercommunication components to provide communication via other modalities.The devices 724 may be another machine or any of a wide variety ofperipheral devices (e.g., a peripheral device coupled via a USB).

Moreover, the communication components 738 may detect identifiers orinclude components operable to detect identifiers. For example, thecommunication components 738 may include Radio Frequency Identification(RFID) tag reader components, NFC smart tag detection components,optical reader components (e.g., an optical sensor to detectone-dimensional bar codes such as Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code,multi-dimensional bar codes such as Quick Response (QR) code, Azteccode, Data Matrix, Dataglyph, MaxiCode, PDF417, Ultra Code, UCC RSS-2Dbar code, and other optical codes), or acoustic detection components(e.g., microphones to identify tagged audio signals). In addition, avariety of information may be derived via the communication components738, such as location via Internet Protocol (IP) geolocation, locationvia Wi-Fi® signal triangulation, location via detecting an NFC beaconsignal that may indicate a particular location, and so forth.

The various memories (e.g., main memory 714, static memory 716, andmemory of the processors 704) and storage unit 718 may store one or moresets of instructions and data structures (e.g., software) embodying orused by any one or more of the methodologies or functions describedherein. These instructions (e.g., the instructions 710), when executedby processors 704, cause various operations to implement the disclosedexamples.

The instructions 710 may be transmitted or received over the network722, using a transmission medium, via a network interface device (e.g.,a network interface component included in the communication components738) and using any one of several well-known transfer protocols (e.g.,hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP)). Similarly, the instructions 710 maybe transmitted or received using a transmission medium via a coupling(e.g., a peer-to-peer coupling) to the devices 724.

Software Architecture

FIG. 8 is a block diagram 800 illustrating a software architecture 804,which can be installed on any one or more of the devices describedherein. The software architecture 804 is supported by hardware such as amachine 802 that includes processors 820, memory 826, and I/O components838. In this example, the software architecture 804 can beconceptualized as a stack of layers, where each layer provides aparticular functionality. The software architecture 804 includes layerssuch as an operating system 812, libraries 810, frameworks 808, andapplications 806. Operationally, the applications 806 invoke API calls850 through the software stack and receive messages 852 in response tothe API calls 850.

The operating system 812 manages hardware resources and provides commonservices. The operating system 812 includes, for example, a kernel 814,services 816, and drivers 822. The kernel 814 acts as an abstractionlayer between the hardware and the other software layers. For example,the kernel 814 provides memory management, processor management (e.g.,scheduling), component management, networking, and security settings,among other functionality. The services 816 can provide other commonservices for the other software layers. The drivers 822 are responsiblefor controlling or interfacing with the underlying hardware. Forinstance, the drivers 822 can include display drivers, camera drivers,BLUETOOTH® or BLUETOOTH® Low Energy drivers, flash memory drivers,serial communication drivers (e.g., USB drivers), WI-FI® drivers, audiodrivers, power management drivers, and so forth.

The libraries 810 provide a common low-level infrastructure used by theapplications 806. The libraries 810 can include system libraries 818(e.g., C standard library) that provide functions such as memoryallocation functions, string manipulation functions, mathematicfunctions, and the like. In addition, the libraries 810 can include APIlibraries 824 such as media libraries (e.g., libraries to supportpresentation and manipulation of various media formats such as MovingPicture Experts Group-4 (MPEG4), Advanced Video Coding (H.264 or AVC),Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3 (MP3), Advanced Audio Coding (AAC),Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) audio codec, Joint Photographic Experts Group(JPEG or JPG), or Portable Network Graphics (PNG)), graphics libraries(e.g., an OpenGL framework used to render in two dimensions (2D) andthree dimensions (3D) in a graphic content on a display), databaselibraries (e.g., SQLite to provide various relational databasefunctions), web libraries (e.g., WebKit to provide web browsingfunctionality), and the like. The libraries 810 can also include a widevariety of other libraries 828 to provide many other APIs to theapplications 806.

The frameworks 808 provide a common high-level infrastructure that isused by the applications 806. For example, the frameworks 808 providevarious graphical user interface (GUI) functions, high-level resourcemanagement, and high-level location services. The frameworks 808 canprovide a broad spectrum of other APIs that can be used by theapplications 806, some of which may be specific to a particularoperating system or platform.

In an example, the applications 806 may include a home application 836,a contacts application 830, a browser application 832, a book readerapplication 834, a location application 842, a media application 844, amessaging application 846, a game application 848, and a broadassortment of other applications such as a third-party application 840.The applications 806 are programs that execute functions defined in theprograms. Various programming languages can be employed to create one ormore of the applications 806, structured in a variety of manners, suchas object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Objective-C, Java, orC++) or procedural programming languages (e.g., C or assembly language).In a specific example, the third-party application 840 (e.g., anapplication developed using the ANDROID™ or IOS™ software developmentkit (SDK) by an entity other than the vendor of the particular platform)may be mobile software running on a mobile operating system such asIOS™, ANDROID™, WINDOWS® Phone, or another mobile operating system. Inthis example, the third-party application 840 can invoke the API calls850 provided by the operating system 812 to facilitate functionalitydescribed herein.

Processing Components

Turning now to FIG. 9 , there is shown a diagrammatic representation ofa processing environment 900, which includes a processor 902, aprocessor 906, and a processor 908 (e.g., a GPU, CPU or combinationthereof).

The processor 902 is shown to be coupled to a power source 904, and toinclude (either permanently configured or temporarily instantiated)modules, namely an X component 910, a Y component 912, and a Z component914, operationally configured to perform operations as discussed in themethod 300 of FIG. 3 , and the method 400 of FIG. 4 , in accordance withembodiments discussed herein.

Glossary

“Carrier signal” refers to any intangible medium that is capable ofstoring, encoding, or carrying instructions for execution by themachine, and includes digital or analog communications signals or otherintangible media to facilitate communication of such instructions.Instructions may be transmitted or received over a network using atransmission medium via a network interface device.

“Client device” refers to any machine that interfaces to acommunications network to obtain resources from one or more serversystems or other client devices. A client device may be, but is notlimited to, a mobile phone, desktop computer, laptop, portable digitalassistants (PDAs), smartphones, tablets, ultrabooks, netbooks, laptops,multi-processor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumerelectronics, game consoles, set-top boxes, or any other communicationdevice that a user may use to access a network.

“Communication network” refers to one or more portions of a network thatmay be an ad hoc network, an intranet, an extranet, a virtual privatenetwork (VPN), a local area network (LAN), a wireless LAN (WLAN), a widearea network (WAN), a wireless WAN (WWAN), a metropolitan area network(MAN), the Internet, a portion of the Internet, a portion of the PublicSwitched Telephone Network (PSTN), a plain old telephone service (POTS)network, a cellular telephone network, a wireless network, a Wi-Fi®network, another type of network, or a combination of two or more suchnetworks. For example, a network or a portion of a network may include awireless or cellular network and the coupling may be a Code DivisionMultiple Access (CDMA) connection, a Global System for Mobilecommunications (GSM) connection, or other types of cellular or wirelesscoupling. In this example, the coupling may implement any of a varietyof types of data transfer technology, such as Single Carrier RadioTransmission Technology (1×RTT), Evolution-Data Optimized (EVDO)technology, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology, EnhancedData rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) technology, third GenerationPartnership Project (3GPP) including 3G, fourth generation wireless (4G)networks, Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), High SpeedPacket Access (HSPA), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access(WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard, others defined by variousstandard-setting organizations, other long-range protocols, or otherdata transfer technology.

“Component” refers to a device, physical entity, or logic havingboundaries defined by function or subroutine calls, branch points, APIs,or other technologies that provide for the partitioning ormodularization of particular processing or control functions. Componentsmay be combined via their interfaces with other components to carry outa machine process. A component may be a packaged functional hardwareunit designed for use with other components and a part of a program thatusually performs a particular function of related functions. Componentsmay constitute either software components (e.g., code embodied on amachine-readable medium) or hardware components. A “hardware component”is a tangible unit capable of performing certain operations and may beconfigured or arranged in a certain physical manner. In various exampleembodiments, one or more computer systems (e.g., a standalone computersystem, a client computer system, or a server computer system) or one ormore hardware components of a computer system (e.g., a processor or agroup of processors) may be configured by software (e.g., an applicationor application portion) as a hardware component that operates to performcertain operations as described herein. A hardware component may also beimplemented mechanically, electronically, or any suitable combinationthereof. For example, a hardware component may include dedicatedcircuitry or logic that is permanently configured to perform certainoperations. A hardware component may be a special-purpose processor,such as a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or an applicationspecific integrated circuit (ASIC). A hardware component may alsoinclude programmable logic or circuitry that is temporarily configuredby software to perform certain operations. For example, a hardwarecomponent may include software executed by a general-purpose processoror other programmable processor. Once configured by such software,hardware components become specific machines (or specific components ofa machine) uniquely tailored to perform the configured functions and areno longer general-purpose processors. It will be appreciated that thedecision to implement a hardware component mechanically, in dedicatedand permanently configured circuitry, or in temporarily configuredcircuitry (e.g., configured by software), may be driven by cost and timeconsiderations. Accordingly, the phrase “hardware component” (or“hardware-implemented component”) should be understood to encompass atangible entity, be that an entity that is physically constructed,permanently configured (e.g., hardwired), or temporarily configured(e.g., programmed) to operate in a certain manner or to perform certainoperations described herein. Considering embodiments in which hardwarecomponents are temporarily configured (e.g., programmed), each of thehardware components need not be configured or instantiated at any oneinstance in time. For example, where a hardware component comprises ageneral-purpose processor configured by software to become aspecial-purpose processor, the general-purpose processor may beconfigured as respectively different special-purpose processors (e.g.,comprising different hardware components) at different times. Softwareaccordingly configures a particular processor or processors, forexample, to constitute a particular hardware component at one instanceof time and to constitute a different hardware component at a differentinstance of time. Hardware components can provide information to, andreceive information from, other hardware components. Accordingly, thedescribed hardware components may be regarded as being communicativelycoupled. Where multiple hardware components exist contemporaneously,communications may be achieved through signal transmission (e.g., overappropriate circuits and buses) between or among two or more of thehardware components. In embodiments in which multiple hardwarecomponents are configured or instantiated at different times,communications between such hardware components may be achieved, forexample, through the storage and retrieval of information in memorystructures to which the multiple hardware components have access. Forexample, one hardware component may perform an operation and store theoutput of that operation in a memory device to which it iscommunicatively coupled. A further hardware component may then, at alater time, access the memory device to retrieve and process the storedoutput. Hardware components may also initiate communications with inputor output devices, and can operate on a resource (e.g., a collection ofinformation). The various operations of example methods described hereinmay be performed, at least partially, by one or more processors that aretemporarily configured (e.g., by software) or permanently configured toperform the relevant operations. Whether temporarily or permanentlyconfigured, such processors may constitute processor-implementedcomponents that operate to perform one or more operations or functionsdescribed herein. As used herein, “processor-implemented component”refers to a hardware component implemented using one or more processors.Similarly, the methods described herein may be at least partiallyprocessor-implemented, with a particular processor or processors beingan example of hardware. For example, at least some of the operations ofa method may be performed by one or more processors 1004 orprocessor-implemented components. Moreover, the one or more processorsmay also operate to support performance of the relevant operations in a“cloud computing” environment or as a “software as a service” (SaaS).For example, at least some of the operations may be performed by a groupof computers (as examples of machines including processors), with theseoperations being accessible via a network (e.g., the Internet) and viaone or more appropriate interfaces (e.g., an API). The performance ofcertain of the operations may be distributed among the processors, notonly residing within a single machine, but deployed across a number ofmachines. In some example embodiments, the processors orprocessor-implemented components may be located in a single geographiclocation (e.g., within a home environment, an office environment, or aserver farm). In other example embodiments, the processors orprocessor-implemented components may be distributed across a number ofgeographic locations.

“Computer-readable storage medium” refers to both machine-storage mediaand transmission media. Thus, the terms include both storagedevices/media and carrier waves/modulated data signals. The terms“machine-readable medium,” “computer-readable medium” and“device-readable medium” mean the same thing and may be usedinterchangeably in this disclosure.

“Ephemeral message” refers to a message that is accessible for atime-limited duration. An ephemeral message may be a text, an image, avideo and the like. The access time for the ephemeral message may be setby the message sender. Alternatively, the access time may be a defaultsetting or a setting specified by the recipient. Regardless of thesetting technique, the message is transitory.

“Machine storage medium” refers to a single or multiple storage devicesand media (e.g., a centralized or distributed database, and associatedcaches and servers) that store executable instructions, routines anddata. The term shall accordingly be taken to include, but not be limitedto, solid-state memories, and optical and magnetic media, includingmemory internal or external to processors. Specific examples ofmachine-storage media, computer-storage media and device-storage mediainclude non-volatile memory, including by way of example semiconductormemory devices, e.g., erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM),electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), FPGA, andflash memory devices; magnetic disks such as internal hard disks andremovable disks; magneto-optical disks; and CD-ROM and DVD-ROM disks.The terms “machine-storage medium,” “device-storage medium,”“computer-storage medium” mean the same thing and may be usedinterchangeably in this disclosure. The terms “machine-storage media,”“computer-storage media,” and “device-storage media” specificallyexclude carrier waves, modulated data signals, and other such media, atleast some of which are covered under the term “signal medium.”

“Non-transitory computer-readable storage medium” refers to a tangiblemedium that is capable of storing, encoding, or carrying theinstructions for execution by a machine.

“Signal medium” refers to any intangible medium that is capable ofstoring, encoding, or carrying the instructions for execution by amachine and includes digital or analog communications signals or otherintangible media to facilitate communication of software or data. Theterm “signal medium” shall be taken to include any form of a modulateddata signal, carrier wave, and so forth. The term “modulated datasignal” means a signal that has one or more of its characteristics setor changed in such a matter as to encode information in the signal. Theterms “transmission medium” and “signal medium” mean the same thing andmay be used interchangeably in this disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method comprising: causing display of imagedata at a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of anobject that comprises a set of object features; detecting the objectbased on the depiction of the object within the image data, the objectcorresponding with an object class; identifying the set of objectfeatures that correspond with the object; accessing a repository thatcorresponds with the object class, the repository comprising at least anindication of a valuation of the object based on the set of objectfeatures; and causing display of a presentation of the valuation at theclient device.
 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the detecting theobject further comprises: receiving an input that selects the depictionof the object from the client device; and performing computer visionupon a portion of the image data that includes the depiction of theobject in response to the input that selects the depiction of theobject.
 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprises a firstcurrency, the valuation corresponds with a first value, and the causingdisplay of the presentation of the valuation further comprises:performing a conversion of the valuation from the first value to asecond value, the second value corresponding with a second currency; andwherein the presentation of the valuation comprises at least the secondvalue.
 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises:accessing a user profile associated with the client device, the userprofile comprising an identification of one or more locations ofinterest; and selecting the second currency based on the one or morelocations of interest.
 5. The method of claim 3, wherein thepresentation of the valuation comprises a display of the first value andthe second value.
 6. The method of claim 1, wherein the object comprisesa collectible.
 7. The method of claim 6, wherein the presentation of thevaluation comprises a valuation scale that corresponds with the set ofobject features of the object.
 8. A system comprising: one or moreprocessors; and a memory comprising instructions which, when executed bythe one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to performoperations comprising: causing display of image data at a client device,the image data comprising a depiction of an object that comprises a setof object features; detecting the object based on the depiction of theobject within the image data, the object corresponding with an objectclass; identifying the set of object features that correspond with theobject; accessing a repository that corresponds with the object class,the repository comprising at least an indication of a valuation of theobject based on the set of object features; and causing display of apresentation of the valuation at the client device.
 9. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the detecting the object further comprises: receivingan input that selects the depiction of the object from the clientdevice; and performing computer vision upon a portion of the image datathat includes the depiction of the object in response to the input thatselects the depiction of the object.
 10. The system of claim 8, whereinthe object comprises a first currency, the valuation corresponds with afirst value, and the causing display of the presentation of thevaluation further comprises: performing a conversion of the valuationfrom the first value to a second value, the second value correspondingwith a second currency; and wherein the presentation of the valuationcomprises at least the second value.
 11. The system of claim 10, whereinthe operations further comprise: accessing a user profile associatedwith the client device, the user profile comprising an identification ofone or more locations of interest; and selecting the second currencybased on the one or more locations of interest.
 12. The system of claim10, wherein the presentation of the valuation comprises a display of thefirst value and the second value.
 13. The system of claim 8, wherein theobject comprises a collectible.
 14. The wherein the object of claim 13,wherein the presentation of the valuation comprises a valuation scalethat corresponds with the set of object features of the object.
 15. Anon-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructionsthat, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause themachine to perform operations comprising: causing display of image dataat a client device, the image data comprising a depiction of an objectthat comprises a set of object features; detecting the object based onthe depiction of the object within the image data, the objectcorresponding with an object class; identifying the set of objectfeatures that correspond with the object; accessing a repository thatcorresponds with the object class, the repository comprising at least anindication of a valuation of the object based on the set of objectfeatures; and causing display of a presentation of the valuation at theclient device.
 16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium ofclaim 15, wherein the detecting the object further comprises: receivingan input that selects the depiction of the object from the clientdevice; and performing computer vision upon a portion of the image datathat includes the depiction of the object in response to the input thatselects the depiction of the object.
 17. The non-transitorymachine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the objectcomprises a first currency, the valuation corresponds with a firstvalue, and the causing display of the presentation of the valuationfurther comprises: performing a conversion of the valuation from thefirst value to a second value, the second value corresponding with asecond currency; and wherein the presentation of the valuation comprisesat least the second value.
 18. The non-transitory machine-readablestorage medium of claim 17, wherein the operations further comprise:accessing a user profile associated with the client device, the userprofile comprising an identification of one or more locations ofinterest; and selecting the second currency based on the one or morelocations of interest.
 19. The non-transitory machine-readable storagemedium of claim 17, wherein the presentation of the valuation comprisesa display of the first value and the second value.
 20. Thenon-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein theobject comprises a collectible.